The festival will open with a splash, literally: the premiere film "Ultimate Wave Tahiti," a surfing extravaganza, will be celebrated with a launch party complete with Polynesian food, Pacific dancers, and more. The final film will be "Tornado Alley," a documentary about storm chasers.

In between those two, a number of new and returning titles will screen, including "Born to be Wild," "Sea Rex: Journey to a Prehistoric World," "Everest," "Amazon," "Solarmax,"
"Lewis & Clark," "Dolphins," "Mystery of the Nile," "Alaska," Wild Ocean," "Adrenaline Rush," "Hubble," "Coral Reef Adventure," "Deep Sea," "Dinosaurs
Alive," "Grand Canyon Adventure," "Mummies," "Journey Into Amazing Caves," "Mystic India," Living Sea," "Hurricane on the Bayou," and "Mysteries of
Egypt."

In effect, you can travel the world -- and outer space -- with only a TriMet ticket to get you there.

Festival passes, individual show tickets and more information can be found at OMSI's web site.